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The next set of character skins for indie combat game TowerFall will include a homage to Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian. If you keep up on gaming news she may seem familiar – her appearance is loosely based on feminist games critic Anita Sarkeesian,” the studio said of the character. …
Read More »Margaret Pearson, Julie Man and Gabrielle Kent to be honoured at MCV Women of the Year awards
The first three winners of our Women of the Year Awards are today revealed. Margaret Pearson, Julie Man and Gabrielle Kent will be honoured with key accolades at our February 19th afternoon event in Central London. They were selected by the MCV team after persuasive lobbying from the trade – …
Read More »Brianna Wu’s Revolution 60 appears on Steam Greenlight
Mobile game Revolution 60 could be coming to Steam following an appearance on Steam Greenlight. The game is made by Brianna Wu who, alongside Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn, has been one of the highest profile victims of the Gamergate hate movement. At long last, my team is done with …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Stewart Chisam, president of Hi-Rez Studios, on breaking into eSports with Smite
After developing the critically-acclaimed first-person shooter Tribes: Ascend, Hi-Rez Studios decided to make its move into eSports with a brand new MOBA title – Smite. Stewart Chisam tells MCV about the firm’s journey into the world of pro-gaming How did Hi-Rez get involved in competitive gaming? We made our first …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Rhianna Pratchett
One of the world’s most successful games writers, Pratchett began her career as a journalist for PC Zone before writing scripts for the likes of Mirror’s Edge, Thief, Heavenly Sword, Prince of Persia and for Codemasters’ Overlord series. Arguably her biggest achievement so far was in successful reinventing Lara Croft …
Read More »Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered arrives on PC, mobile platforms
A remastered edition of Quantic Dream’s 2005 interactive narrative game Indigo Prophecy has launched on PC and mobile platforms. As we found out last week when its PC retail listing turned up, the new version’s title mashes the international moniker Fahrenheit together with the North American name Indigo Prophecy. The …
Read More »Devolver says Yes! to YouTubers
Hotline Miami publisher allowing channel owners to keep all ad revenues for their videos
Read More »Devolver Digital gives backing to YouTubers
Can you post and monetise videos of Devolver games? Yes, emphatically yes. The MCV Awards nominated indie publisher has, in a presumed response to Nintendo’s controversial revenue sharing demands, made it clear that it is perfectly happy for video makers to stream its games and keep all the ad revenue …
Read More »Ice-T takes on GamerGate in upcoming Law & Order episode
Well, if there’s one person who can sort out GamerGate it could well be Ice-T. Law & Order spin off series Special Victims Unit will next month feature an episode entitled Intimidation Game” that sees a female game developer endure a torrent of online abuse and an assault at a …
Read More »Read about the Top 100 Women in Games in this week’s issue of MCV
This week, MCV looks at the careers of the Top 100 Women working in the British games industry. We’ve dedicated 15 pages to profiling the entrants of MCV’s Top 100 Women in Games list, featuring women from all fields including PR, marketing, journalism, development and publishing. As of Monday we …
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